How rare is the name Jakayla?

4,996 people in the United States have the first name Jakayla, about 1 in 60,455. It ranks #3,914 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JAKAYLA

#3,914

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,996
About
1 in 60,455
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,996 people named Jakayla, 89.8% reported their origin as Black, 4.7% as two or more races and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jakayla peaked in 2008, when 451 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19882025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
451
In 2025*
39 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,840 babies have been given the name since 1988. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jakayla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,387. The largest share of babies named Jakayla, 71.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#23,24614
1990s#3,257742
2000s#1,3873,482
2010s#2,0702,191
2020s#4,539411
Millennials 1981–964.2%
Generation Z 1997–1271.6%
2013 and later24.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jakayla is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jakayla has been most common in Mississippi (8.3×), Alabama (5.3×), and Georgia (4.2×), and least common in California (0.08×).

5,734 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jakayla

1 other first name also has 4,996 people.

#3,914 Lai · 4,996

Either side of Jakayla

#3,911 Stefany · 4,999#3,913 Shoshana · 4,998#3,914 Lai · 4,996#3,916 Shira · 4,995

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jakayla, most common first.

#17,747 Jakyla · 616#33,752 Jakala · 244#41,400 Jashayla · 177#41,955 Jakaila · 173

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